Road Transport Reform (Heavy Vehicles Registration) Act 1997
26Application orders and emergency orders
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26 Application orders and emergency orders
(1) The Minister may order, by notice in the Gazette, that the operation of the regulations, or of specified parts of the regulations: (a) is suspended for a specified period; or (b) is varied in a manner specified by the Minister. (2) An order must be consistent with the provisions relating to application orders and emergency orders in the agreements scheduled to the National Road Transport Commission Act 1991 of the Commonwealth. (3) An order may have effect for the whole of the jurisdiction or for a specified area. (4) If the Ministerial Council for Road Transport terminates an emergency order, the Minister must publish notice of the termination in the Gazette.